Wassermann looks to LA.

Survivor of Humboldt bus crash still learning the sport of rowing.

- DONNA SPENCER

In his third race in three days, former hockey goalie Jacob Wassermann, now a para rower, placed 10th over 2,000 metres.

The Paralympics learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann.

Less than two years after taking up the sport of para-rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced in the singles B final Sunday in Paris.

The 24-year-old from Humboldt, Sask., was the youngest competitor in the field. In his third race in three days, Wassermann placed 10th over the 2,000-metre distance at Vairessur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

"I'm still learning so much; I'm so new in this sport," Wassermann said. "Some things go wrong here and there. Start wasn't the cleanest - I had to recover from that.